The Executive Director of the Women Information Network (WINET), Mrs Miriam Menkiti, has called for a stronger and better-coordinated women’s movement to tackle gender-based violence and advance gender equality in Nigeria. Menkiti made the call in Owerri during a one-day capacity-building training for leaders of Women’s Rights Organisations in Imo State, organised by WINET in…
An Anambra State-born human rights lawyer and lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Esq., has renewed his commitment to humanitarian and pro bono legal causes, particularly the defence of IPOB members and other vulnerable persons, following an award presented to him in recognition of his legal service to the…
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has ordered the immediate cessation of hostilities between Aguleri and Umuoba Anam communities in Anambra East Local Government Area following a recent communal clash that left at least one person dead and several others injured. The Governor has also summoned key stakeholders from the two communities to an…
Late Mr. Lucky Chinedu Godwin Adimike By Polycarp Ifeanyi Family members, friends and associates of the late business mogul and philanthropist, Late Mr. Lucky Chinedu Godwin Adimike, have commemorated what would have been his 54th birthday, celebrating his enduring legacy of philanthropy, Christian service and humanitarian intervention. Adimike, who was gruesomely murdered in his Abuja…
Military Aircraft Crashes Near Naval Base in Ondo, 32 Feared Aboard A military aircraft with tail number NGR 931, en route from Benin to Lagos, has crashed near the Naval Base in Igbokoda, Ondo State, with search and rescue operations currently underway. The incident was disclosed by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr….
